[rent] 
| 1. | a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property. |
| 2. | a payment or series of payments made by a lessee to an owner in return for the use of machinery, equipment, etc. |
| 3. | Economics. the excess of the produce or return yielded by a given piece of cultivated land over the cost of production; the yield from a piece of land or real estate. |
| 4. | profit or return derived from any differential advantage in production. |
| 5. | Obsolete. revenue or income. |
| 6. | to grant the possession and enjoyment of (property, machinery, etc.) in return for the payment of rent from the tenant or lessee. (often fol. by out). |
| 7. | to take and hold (property, machinery, etc.) in return for the payment of rent to the landlord or owner. |
| 8. | to be leased or let for rent: This apartment rents cheaply. |
| 9. | to lease or let property. |
| 10. | to take possession of and use property by paying rent: She rents from a friend. |
| 11. | for rent, available to be rented, as a home or store: an apartment for rent. |
[rent] | 1. | an opening made by rending or tearing; slit; fissure. |
| 2. | a breach of relations or union between individuals or groups; schism. |
| 3. | pt. and pp. of rend. |
| rent 1 (rěnt) n.
v. tr.
To be for rent: The cottage rents for $1,200 a month. [Middle English rente, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *rendita, from feminine past participle of *rendere, to yield, return; see render.] rent'a·bil'i·ty n., rent'a·ble adj. |
